Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker?'s dummy wearing today?
A pair of pants shirt that need minor repairs. BUT, on the floor beside beside it is the fabric I scored at a church sale! (A local church had a member who had a MAJOR stash and when she decided she couldn't sew anymore, donated it to the church. It took them 2 weeks to measure it for the sale.) So, white linen cotton for chemises; fuschia, teal black wool cotton heavy knits (some of it Pendleton!) suitable for suits pants. Brown linen for a tunic, or maybe mundane pants; enough white drapery sheers yardage to veil the whole frelling Barony, /including/ the belly dancers. Some Stretch Sew bathing suit blouse patterns for a quarter a piece. And, best of all, a 4yd, 60 wide light blue piece of heaviest weight Ultrasuede for $20 BUCKS. Gloat, gloat gloat. I will Never wear that color, but it is my best friend's favorite shade and she fondled it but didn't buy. So I did buy it I put it in her bag, saying, here's your Xmas present. It just revolted my soul (as a former Joann's employee) to leave that buttery soft piece of gorgeousness behind! So, now I'm at /least/ 8 projects further behind! But d@mn, that woman had Taste! Mary Piero Carey aka Maria of Alderford ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker?'s dummy wearing today?
WOW I am soo impressed jealous Paula Sent from my iPad On Mar 14, 2012, at 6:25 PM, Mary + Doug Piero Carey mary.d...@pierocarey.info wrote: A pair of pants shirt that need minor repairs. BUT, on the floor beside beside it is the fabric I scored at a church sale! (A local church had a member who had a MAJOR stash and when she decided she couldn't sew anymore, donated it to the church. It took them 2 weeks to measure it for the sale.) So, white linen cotton for chemises; fuschia, teal black wool cotton heavy knits (some of it Pendleton!) suitable for suits pants. Brown linen for a tunic, or maybe mundane pants; enough white drapery sheers yardage to veil the whole frelling Barony, /including/ the belly dancers. Some Stretch Sew bathing suit blouse patterns for a quarter a piece. And, best of all, a 4yd, 60 wide light blue piece of heaviest weight Ultrasuede for $20 BUCKS. Gloat, gloat gloat. I will Never wear that color, but it is my best friend's favorite shade and she fondled it but didn't buy. So I did buy it I put it in her bag, saying, here's your Xmas present. It just revolted my soul (as a former Joann's employee) to leave that buttery soft piece of gorgeousness behind! So, now I'm at /least/ 8 projects further behind! But d@mn, that woman had Taste! Mary Piero Carey aka Maria of Alderford ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
One of my dummies is on display at the Riversdale House Museum, wearing a dark brown short gown with dark blue floral design and a dark blue wool petticoat--this is one variant of the dress of enslaved African Americans in the early 19th century. There are four other figures included in different outfits. Ann Wass -Original Message- From: Cin cinbar...@gmail.com To: H-costume h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Mon, Mar 12, 2012 9:28 pm Subject: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today? It's that time of year when the calendar is full of spring teas, ummer holidays, Titanic era parties, winter balls, company dinners, he spring theater season, LARP goodness. You might even be planning a ojourn to thrilling foreign locale. Whatever the reason, h-costumers re probably making something. So, what's your dressmaker's dummy earing today? -cin ynthia Barnes inbar...@gmail.com PS. It's ok to run into the sewing room, toss something marvelous on he dummy and *then* tell us about it. It's also ok to tell what's in our design sketchbook, on the worktable, in the quilt frame, at the ewing machine or in the embroidery hoop. __ -costume mailing list -cost...@mail.indra.com ttp://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
I'm working on the Past Patterns 1793-1820 Transition Stay (which, incidentally, I do not recommend as a pattern unless you already know what you're doing - the instructions are very vague and confusing in several crucial areas). I got myself into a major muddle with the initial round of fitting, and I've just bought another length of the fabric I'm using (off-white cotton duck) so I can cut out the main body pieces again and start over. This gives me just under two weeks till the time I need to have the stays done, so hopefully I'll be able to make it... Emily On 3/12/2012 8:27 PM, Cin wrote: It's that time of year when the calendar is full of spring teas, summer holidays, Titanic era parties, winter balls, company dinners, the spring theater season, LARP goodness. You might even be planning a sojourn to thrilling foreign locale. Whatever the reason, h-costumers are probably making something. So, what's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today? --cin Cynthia Barnes cinbar...@gmail.com PS. It's ok to run into the sewing room, toss something marvelous on the dummy and *then* tell us about it. It's also ok to tell what's in your design sketchbook, on the worktable, in the quilt frame, at the sewing machine or in the embroidery hoop. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] What's your dressmaker?'s dummy wearing today?
She's rather naked right now but we're just out the door for a much delayed trip to LA's fabric district. Wish me happy shopping G Julie ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
Mine is currently wearing a custom fitted cover that I finally got around to making and need to pad out with something firmer than fiberfill. So she's nude, but it counts as a sewing project. Margo ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
Well...Teena...brown paper is a first on the history of this question! Penny Ladnier, owner The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com 15 websites of fashion, costume, and textile history FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/TheCostumeGallery ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
Mine is currently wearing a Super Girl costume. 16 year old has costume day at school tomorrow and the only one I could find _said_ it was a size 10 but if this is a size 10 then my nearly 6ft daughter must be a size 0. :P Carefully taking it in stratigically so that it does not rip the ultra thin velvet stretchy thing. *shaking head* Franchesca ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
My daughter's Hapkido gi onto which I sewed three patches that looked crooked until the gi top was draped on Rosie Marie. Nancy, named for Nancy Drew, the second dressmaker's dummy, is nude... Marjorie -- Marjorie Gilbert author of THE RETURN, a historical novel set in Georgian England http://www.marjoriegilbert.net http://yearofeatingnaturally.blogspot.com/ http://marjoriegilbert.blogspot.com/ ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
It's that time of year when the calendar is full of spring teas, summer holidays, Titanic era parties, winter balls, company dinners, the spring theater season, LARP goodness. You might even be planning a sojourn to thrilling foreign locale. Whatever the reason, h-costumers are probably making something. So, what's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today? --cin Cynthia Barnes cinbar...@gmail.com PS. It's ok to run into the sewing room, toss something marvelous on the dummy and *then* tell us about it. It's also ok to tell what's in your design sketchbook, on the worktable, in the quilt frame, at the sewing machine or in the embroidery hoop. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
Just finished a 16th century Persian for a friend down here. Poor choice of fabrics, but they were already purchased. But (my old mantra) done is beautiful. Need to sew something for myself soon. After printing book pages for the annual SF Printers' Fair! ==Marjorie Wilser @..@ @..@ @..@ Three Toad Press http://3toad.blogspot.com/ On Mar 12, 2012, at 6:27 PM, Cin wrote: It's that time of year when the calendar is full of spring teas, summer holidays, Titanic era parties, winter balls, company dinners, the spring theater season, LARP goodness. You might even be planning a sojourn to thrilling foreign locale. Whatever the reason, h-costumers are probably making something. So, what's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today? --cin Cynthia Barnes cinbar...@gmail.com PS. It's ok to run into the sewing room, toss something marvelous on the dummy and *then* tell us about it. It's also ok to tell what's in your design sketchbook, on the worktable, in the quilt frame, at the sewing machine or in the embroidery hoop. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker?'s dummy wearing today?
Mine has 4 yards of brown velvet with a fine pink stripe, and a yard each of bright pink satin and dark brown silk that is supposed to turn into a 1910 day dress. Oh and a half completed corset. Margaret Decker It's that time of year when the calendar is full of spring teas, summer holidays, Titanic era parties, winter balls, company dinners, the spring theater season, LARP goodness. You might even be planning a sojourn to thrilling foreign locale. Whatever the reason, h-costumers are probably making something. So, what's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today? --cin Cynthia Barnes / ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker?'s dummy wearing today?
So, what's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today? The draped fabrics for an 1910s dress for the Portland vampire masquarade ball - the friday event most likely. It's dark red silk with a black silk gauze overlay and accents of dark gold. As soon as I take my final - I get to start cutting. Susan in Seattle (who has mostly been lurking the past few years) ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
A couple of weeks ago I sent my Pfaff Creative Vision in for some needed service and found out there was a complete repair process to replace all the tension wheels. It now works like MAGIC. The way I'm sure it was meant to work. I am now happily embroidering every suitable piece of fabric and turing them into bags, framed pictures or backseat organizers! My next big project is my daughter's wedding dress. We are both very excited. Happiness in stitching, Paula From: the3t...@gmail.com To: h-cost...@indra.com Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:51:26 -0700 Subject: Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today? Just finished a 16th century Persian for a friend down here. Poor choice of fabrics, but they were already purchased. But (my old mantra) done is beautiful. Need to sew something for myself soon. After printing book pages for the annual SF Printers' Fair! ==Marjorie Wilser @..@ @..@ @..@ Three Toad Press http://3toad.blogspot.com/ On Mar 12, 2012, at 6:27 PM, Cin wrote: It's that time of year when the calendar is full of spring teas, summer holidays, Titanic era parties, winter balls, company dinners, the spring theater season, LARP goodness. You might even be planning a sojourn to thrilling foreign locale. Whatever the reason, h-costumers are probably making something. So, what's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today? --cin Cynthia Barnes cinbar...@gmail.com PS. It's ok to run into the sewing room, toss something marvelous on the dummy and *then* tell us about it. It's also ok to tell what's in your design sketchbook, on the worktable, in the quilt frame, at the sewing machine or in the embroidery hoop. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
My girls are still celebrating Mardi Gras. I got a beautiful Indian embroidered beaded belly-dancing costume in the French Quarter of New Orleans. I also picked up some great hand painted masks in the Quarter. Another one of my ladies is wearing my evening gown from a Mardi Gras ball...my treasure find in Mobile was an evening bag that is completely fringed Mardi Gras colored beads...gold, green, purple set upon gold satin. It went to the ball with me. The bag is so cute that I used it when we went to see The Lion King last week. BTW, I found the costume mecca at the French Quarter on Mardi Gras Day. We went to the Zulu Parade and then headed into the Quarter. OMG! The costumes were to die for!!! 85% of the people were in costume. We caught the Bourbon St. Awards...a costume contest. Most of these costumes were 12 ft high. I did catch the St. Anne's procession through the French Quarter. If you have Facebook, you can see some of my photos here: Bourbon St. Awards: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.344713802240038.82637.107498415961579type=3 Costumes around the French Quarter: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.344555255589226.82596.107498415961579type=3 Enjoy! Penny Ladnier, owner The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com 15 websites of fashion, costume, and textile history FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/TheCostumeGallery ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
